Pughoboto (Pron:/ˌzʌnˈhiːbəʊtəʊ/) is a town and a
town area committee
A town area committee is a semi-municipal authority constituted for the administration of small towns in India. They are assigned a limited number of civic functions like street lighting, drainage, roads, conservancy, etc. Town area committees wer ...
in the
Zünheboto District
Zünheboto District (Pron:/ˌzʌnˈhiːbəʊtəʊ/) is a district in the Indian state of Nagaland. Sümi Nagas are indigenous to this district.
History
Zünheboto district came into existence on 19 December 1973.
Geography
It is bordered b ...
of the Indian state of
Nagaland
Nagaland () is a States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, north-eastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south, and the Naga Sel ...
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It is one of the oldest subdivisions in Nagaland, India. The Sümi Nagas originated from Pughoboto. Christianity in the Sümi region first arrived at Ighanumi village.
Demographics
As of the 2011 India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Pughoboto had a population of 12,477. Males made up 53% of the population and females 47%. Pughoboto had an average literacy rate of 85%, with male literacy at 81% and female literacy at 77%. In Pughoboto, 9% of the population was under 6 years of age.
Climate
The average climatic temperature in Pughoboto, India is 27.7°C (81.86°F).
[http://www.accuweather.com/Pughoboto]
See also
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Zünheboto
Zünheboto (), also known as ''Zünhebo'', is a town located in the Indian state of Nagaland. Zünheboto is inhabited by the Sümi Nagas. It is the location of one of the largest Baptist church in Asia, the Zünheboto Sümi Baptist Church.
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Sümi Naga
The Sümis are a major Naga people, Naga ethnic group native to the Northeast India, northeast Indian state of Nagaland. They primarily inhabit the central and southern regions of Nagaland, with significant populations in the Zünheboto and D ...
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Zunheboto district
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Aghunato
Aghunato is a sub division of the Zünheboto District of Nagaland, India. It has its own constituency in the state assembly and had 15659 registered voters in the 2013 elections. Aghunato is represented in the state Legislative Assembly by Pukh ...
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Satakha
Satakha (Pron:/, Stækhæ/) is a town and a town area committee in Zunheboto district in the state of Nagaland, India.
It is a sub division and administration is headed by the office of Additional Deputy Commissioner.
It has five major colonie ...
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Akuluto
Akuluto is a town and Subdivision in the Zünheboto District of Nagaland, India. There are a total of 10 villages under Akuluto Subdivision. According to 2011 census of India, there are a total of 6,612 people living in this Subdivision, of whi ...
References
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Cities and towns in Zünheboto district
Zünheboto